The situation is not quite so cut and dry, I think. AS3 was supposedly intended to be an implementation of ECMAScript 4, which was derailed by the (ECMAScript 3.1) Harmony project.
Also, I believe the Tamarin AS3 compiler used by Adobe is a collaboration with Mozilla, and both the Adobe Flash Player and Mozilla TraceMonkey engine use the same JIT compiler.
I believe they use the assembler but not the whole tracer. I think the modifications were too heavy so it was pretty much replaced. I could be wrong though, I can't find the reference.
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The situation is not quite so cut and dry, I think. AS3 was supposedly intended to be an implementation of ECMAScript 4, which was derailed by the (ECMAScript 3.1) Harmony project.
Also, I believe the Tamarin AS3 compiler used by Adobe is a collaboration with Mozilla, and both the Adobe Flash Player and Mozilla TraceMonkey engine use the same JIT compiler.
I believe they use the assembler but not the whole tracer. I think the modifications were too heavy so it was pretty much replaced. I could be wrong though, I can't find the reference.